Label Focus: Relapse Records
"Every single person at Relapse is a music fan first, which flows through to the work that we do. Beyond that, we’re lucky to…
Albums of the Year So Far 2024 | Rough Trade UK
The music that hit and the music you missed. New internet eras, true grassroots success stories, stylistic left-turns, boundary-pushing projects and the faithfully reliable. As we…
Shoplifting with Cassandra Jenkins
"I just have a deeply personal relationship with this record because I have a jazz dad. I think a lot of my friends have Steely…
Contemporary Music's LGBTQIA+ Icons
"Today I’m so grateful for my life, not because I get to stand onstage with my best friends…but because I’m content with…
Ranked: Taylor Swift's Greatest Albums
"It makes me smile bittersweetly when considering that Taylor has been a superstar since day one but she would spend almost her entire career earning…
Recounting BUTU by KOKOKO!
"We are still going forward and we always have a drive to travel and charge people with our energy (not speaking of the mining in…
Album of the Month - June 2024
Peggy Gou - I Hear You XL Recordings From Berlin-based club mainstay to global pop culture figure. Peggy Gou quite simply reminds us of the euphoria…
Ranked: Beastie Boys' Greatest Albums
"if you know me you'll know this is impossible. MCA, Adrock and Mike D aka the Beastie Boys have been, still are and…
Label Focus: Lex Records
"We have rappers, beat makers, left-field rock artists and techno producers. We’ve worked a lot on film and audio with Alan Moore and Mitch…
Shoplifting with Charlotte Day Wilson
"Hearing [Stereolab's] Dots and Loops in high school was totally transformative for me - I had never heard anything like it before and…